Part of the Journey

“But his mother told the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’”

~John 2:5~

I happened to glance down through the commentary notes in my Bible and it said this: “Mary submitted to Jesus’ way of doing things. She recognized that Jesus was more than her human son – He was the Son of God. When we bring our problems to Christ, we may think that we know how He should take care of them. But He may have a completely different plan.”

How often have I come to Him with a problem or situation and then argued with Him about how He was handling it or what He was asking me to do in response to it? But the thing is…every time, I look back later and realize He had the bigger picture in mind and often wanted to teach me something about Himself that I wouldn’t have recognized otherwise.

Such a timely reminder for me these days as I work through some painful circumstances that I’ve managed to avoid for a while. I know in my head that His way is always better, but often my heart reacts out of a desire to avoid pain. I’ve heard this quote many times over the years, but I heard it again this week and it was really encouraging.

“The greater the trial, the greater the testimony.” 

Heaven knows I’m not looking for a bigger testimony, lol. But I do want an effective one and I was reminded again that I can run the race well even when it’s hard. Welcome to the journey of the broken road and I’m so glad we’re all on it together.